Iraq: Gunmen kill 2 in drive-by shooting

BAGHDAD 
Iraqi officials say gunmen have killed two anti-al-Qaida fighters in a drive-by shooting in the north of the country.

Police said the assailants shot Hussein Awad al-Hamdani, a local leader of the Sahwa or Awakening Councils, along with his bodyguard in the town of Tuz Khormato about 210 kilometers (130 miles) north of Baghdad on Monday morning. A hospital official confirmed the deaths.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.

The Sahwa are Sunni Arabs who joined forces with the U.S. military to fight al-Qaida at the height of Iraq's insurgency. They have since been targeted by Sunni insurgents who see them as traitors.